Country fiche for Moldava

General information

There are quite a few crowdfunding projects that are linked to Moldova, but until the beginning of 2016, they were all hosted by foreign crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo, since there were no active local platforms in the country. In December 2015 the first crowdfunding platform went online, but it doesn't seem to work properly.

AF market volume per capita

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Role of alternative finance

Overall size of the market:

There are no market numbers available. It was not possible to collect data from the platform that went online by the end of 2015, as it is unclear whether it works properly or not. Data is mostly available in Russian.

Trend:

There is one active crowdfunding platform at the moment, Guvern24. The platform has been active since 2016.

Guvern24 is the only locally active platform. The projects are mainly charitable. The platform keeps track and publishes statistics about its projects and the money raised.

Evidence

Equity-based crowdfunding

Reward and donation-based crowdfunding

There is one active crowdfunding platform at the moment,

Lending crowdfunding

Others

Regulatory Context

Evidence

Is there a specific national regulation in place applying to crowdfunding?

No

General regulation

Prospectus requirement

Support policies

Overview:

Currently, matching funds, state aid or tax benefits for alternative finance are not available in Moldova.

Evidence

Matching funds initiatives

State-aid

Tax benefits

Crowdfunding guidelines for entrepreneurs / investors

Guidelines for researchers on crowdfunding for R&I

Additional insight

Success story of crowdfunding platfroms for R&I:

There are no crowdfunding platforms for R&I currently in Moldova.

Success story of crowdfunding projects for R&I:

PROJECT NAME: A Computer Science School for Moldova's Underprivileged Youth
PLATFORM: Indiegogo
DESCRIPTION: A summer campus for Moldova's unprivileged children and teens, aimed at teaching them the basics of computer science. The project succeded because it highlighted one of the most important needs for contemporary youth, the alphabetisation in information technology.
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 3,525 out of $ 3,000
LINK: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-computer-science-school-for-moldova...

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